Born in
Fauquier county, Va., April 3, 1755.
Supposing he had killed in an affray a rival in a love affair when he was sixteen years old, he fled to the wilderness west of the
Alleghany Mountains, where he was the friend and companion of
Daniel Boone in many daring feats.
He was in expeditions against the Indians, was captured by them, and taken to
Detroit.
Escaping from a Brit-
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ish prison there in 1779, he distinguished himself in resisting the invasion of
Kentucky by the
British and
Indians in that year.
Finally, after an expedition against the Indians on the
Miami, he settled (1784) near
Maysville.
He accompanied
Wayne in his expedition in 1794.
In 1805 he was seated near the
Mud River, in
Ohio, and was made brigadier-general of militia.
In 1813 he served under
Governor Shelby at the battle of the
Thames.
Beggared by lawsuits because of defective titles to lands, he lived in penury many years.
In 1824 he appeared at
Frankfort, Ky., in tattered clothes, and successfully appealed to the legislature to release the claim of the
State to lands which were his. Congress afterwards allowed him a pension.
He died in
Logan county, O., April 29, 1836.
